Lepanto in 1938 at Yokohama |
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| Career (Italy) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Lepanto |
| Builder: | Cantiere Navale Riuniti (C.N.R.) Ancona |
| Laid down: | 1925 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1927 |
| Commissioned: | 1927 |
| Fate: | Scuttled 9 September 1943 at Shanghai |
| General characteristics as Lepanto | |
| Class and type: | Ostia class minelayer |
| Displacement: | 615 long tons (625 t) |
| Length: | 66.0 m (216 ft 6 in) (overall) |
| Beam: | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Yarrow three expansion stages reciprocating engines 2 × water tube boilers 2 shafts, 1,500 shp |
| Speed: | 15.0 knots (17.3 mph; 27.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 66 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 4 in naval guns • 1 × 3 in AA gun • 2 × machine guns • 80 × naval mines |
| Career (Japan) | |
| Name: | Okitsu (興津) |
| Namesake: | Okitsu-juku |
| Builder: | Navy 1st Construction Department at Shanghai |
| Acquired: | 8 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1945 |
| Fate: | Surrendered to Republic of China on 15 September 1945 |
| General characteristics as Okitsu | |
| Class and type: | Gunboat |
| Displacement: | 700 long tons (711 t) standing |
| Length: | 62.18 m (204 ft 0 in) Lpp |
| Beam: | 8.69 m (28 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) |
| Speed: | 13.7 knots (15.8 mph; 25.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | approx. 80 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 AA guns • 10 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns • 36 × depth charges • 2 × Type 94 depth charge projectors • 2 × depth charge throwers • 1 × Type 93 active sonar • 1 × Type 93 hydrophone |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | ROCS Hsienning (79) |
| Acquired: | 15 September 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 1956 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics as Hsienning | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Armament: | in 1950 • 2 × 3 in guns • 2 × 1.1 in AA guns • 4 × 20 mm AA guns |
Lepanto was an Ostia-class minelayer of the Italian Navy. She served with the Italians during the Second World War until being scuttled in Japan in 1943. She was then recovered by the Imperial Japanese Navy and taken into service as Okitsu, spending the remainder of the war escorting convoys. She was surrendered to the Republic of China after the end of the war and served for a further ten years with them as the Hsienning.
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